Read about projects using vintage and salvaged architectural details and materials, including newel posts, columns, corbels, and more
Salvage Photo Gallery
Breathe new life into old things around your house with these alternate uses… more
New Ideas
by Sal Vaglica
Rebuild an old light on the cheap…more
by Amy R. Hughes
A Lone Star State salvager uses recycled materials to build pint-size houses with 10-gallon character
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Retired barrels built to age wine, cure olives, or pickle cucumbers yield high-grade wood for new flooring, paneling, and trim
Our Cambridge, Massachusetts, project house used wood from old, redwood olive-oil barrels. Here's how to get wood that has a history that's longer, even, than yours.
Use cared wooden corbels to build a more picturesque porch, add character under roof eaves, or brace a bedside tale
Create a space-saving central repository for keys, leashes, and mail in your front entry using vintage stair parts
Q:"How do I replace windows in odd-sized openings?"
Q: "How do I move one-story brick columns covered with
plaster?"
Put reclaimed wood balusters back to work in your home as table legs—or even as elegant candlesticks
How to use vintage knobs to give interior doors a classic look.
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November 2009
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